"I am a biochemist, studying to be a molecular biologist, and the tattoo I am sending is the entry for carbon on the periodic table of elements. Since all living things on this planet at least are carbon based, from a chemical standpoint, it doesn't get much more basic than carbon. Hence the tattoo." --Erin
The call for science tattoos has brought 81 images now. After two months, they keep coming.
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CNN reports on a survey of the increasing number of people getting tats:
I've written previously how people will do crazy things for aesthetics. I know some would consider any tattoo in this category; I can't since I have a few myself. However, I'd never heard of a 3D tattoo before.
Torben Thomsen's tattoo
I've decided to wait for a partner to get a tattoo...something like the Microsoft logo, Animal Planet,a double helix, Darwin in Che Guevara's beret giving the Archbishop of Canterbury a swirly, you get the idea...
The catch would be you can only make it out when our hips are together...
~H2O